CVE-2026-113352

NameCVE-2026-113352
DescriptionuTox through 0.18.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows Tox friends to write arbitrary files by sending absolute or ../ file names to victims with auto-accept enabled. Attackers can overwrite shell startup files or plant crafted .ftinfo resume records that ft_find_resumeable() loads, abusing FILE pointers to write /proc/self/mem and execute code.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
utox (PTS)bookworm0.18.1-1vulnerable
sid, forky0.18.1-1.1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
utoxsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/uTox/uTox/issues/1587
https://github.com/uTox/uTox/pull/1602
https://github.com/uTox/uTox/pull/1603
Fixed by: https://github.com/uTox/uTox/commit/f037d1dce6028dee2be3a9859b09560de2f5e933

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